Category: ASC News

A majority of U.S. adults — 52 percent — rated the quality of healthcare as either “only fair” or “poor,” with 68 percent indicating it is at a crisis point/has major problems in Gallup’s “Health and Healthcare survey” for 2023.

Here are three numbers that may give physicians something to smile about: 

Overland Park, Kan.-based emergency room physician Gautam Jayaswal, MD, pleaded guilty to ordering millions of dollars’ worth of unnecessary genetic tests and orthotic braces as a part of a telemedicine fraud scheme, the Justice Department said May 9.&…

The New York State Association of Nurse Anesthetists held a rally at the state Capitol on May 9, pushing for legislation that would recognize certified registered nurse anesthetists as a profession, according to a report from CBS affiliate WRGB.

Around 30 percent of freestanding ASCs are owned and operated by chains, with AmSurg holding 4.3 percent.

The highest paid executives at seven major healthcare companies all earned over $1.2 million in 2022. 

Joel Cleary, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Grangeville, Idaho-based Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, joined Becker’s to discuss the biggest threats to physicians and reimbursement issues. 

A former advanced practice nurse has pleaded guilty to unlawfully distributing controlled substances and healthcare fraud, the Justice Department reported May 9.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association will offer two classes of its ASC Administrator Development Program — as a hybrid and virtual option, according to the organization’s website. 

Here are four Cigna updates reported by Becker’s since Feb. 20: